Pronunciation Drill 3 - Short o and a

Pronunciation Drill 3 - Short vowels o and a

from Pronunciation Drills by Edith Crowell Trager and Sara Cook Hendersen (p. 9-12)

Pronunciation Drill 3

1. Short "o" Vowels

Practice the following common words containing the "short o sounds", as in pot and dog.

pot	hot	dog	water
not	dollar	chalk	call
got	October	gone	long
box	job	tall	lost
doctor	o'clock	often	coffee
a lot	watch	song	off

Sentences

1. The clock stopped.
2. It's not a lot.
3. Tom got the job in October.
4. The coffee's strong.
5. Ed lost his dog.
6. Is the song very long?

2. Short "u" Vowel

Practice the following common words containing the "short u sound", as in putt (a golf stroke).

putt	a cup	was	double
up	the cup	from	trouble
us	some	Sunday	touch
but	of	Monday	mother
under	month	money	brother
sun	another	son	love
much	does	above	one
just	done	enough	won
one hundred	come	young	number

Sentences

7. The sun comes up at seven.
8. Mother loves the summer months.
9. Does Sunday come before Monday?
10. Hasn't Gus won enough money?